UPDATE: Women &amp; Creativity (12/4/06; 3/22/07-3/24/07)

THE MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM announces its twelfth annual conference will be held March 22-24, 2007 in Milwaukee. The theme for the conference will be "WOMEN and CREATIVITY." Suitable topics for twenty-minute presentations that could involve a multitude of disciplinary perspectives (e.g. historical, literary, artistic, visual, performance, etc.) including, but not necessarily limited to, the following: women as literary, visual, or performance artists; the portrayal of women in literature; women as subjects in visual arts; the stories women tell; ways in which women's art does or does not reflect reality; glimpses of differing reality as illustrated through art; the interaction of women artists; the varying perceptions of women as artists; varying perceptions of women as subjects; women's access to outlets for the various art forms; critical consideration of women artists; etc. The deadline for a one-page (no more than 250 words) summary of paper has been! extended and should be submitted by December 4, 2006.